SF0145 • 2005

Credit card payments to state agencies.

AN ACT relating to the uniform state accounting system; providing for use of credit card processing fees by state agencies as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Senator Aullman
Last action: 2005-02-17
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2005

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2005-02-17 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number - 21
2005-02-17 Governor
Governor Signed SEA0008
2005-02-15 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0008
2005-02-14 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0008
2005-02-11 LSO
Assigned Number SEA0008
2005-02-11 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2005-02-10 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2005-02-09 House
H Passed CoW
2005-02-04 House
H Placed on General File
2005-02-04 House
H07 Recommended Do Pass
2005-02-01 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07
2005-01-27 House
H Received for Introduction
2005-01-27 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2005-01-26 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2005-01-25 Senate
S Passed CoW
2005-01-21 Senate
S Placed on General File
2005-01-21 Senate
S09 Recommended Do Pass
2005-01-19 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S09
2005-01-19 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2005-01-18 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2005 General Session Summary for SF0145

Bill
No.:
SF0145
Drafter:

LGC

LSO
No.:
05LSO-0557
Effective Date:

7/1/2005

Enrolled
Act No.:
SEA0008

Chapter
No.:
21

Prime
Sponsor:
Senator Aullman

Catch
Title:
Credit card payments to state agencies.

Subject:
Provides
for use of credit card processing fees by state agencies under the uniform
state accounting system.

Summary/Major
Elements:

State agencies are given authority to use credit card processing fees
collected on transactions to pay the processing costs associated with those
transactions.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0145

ENROLLED ACT NO. 8, SENATE

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2005 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to the uniform state accounting system; providing for use of credit card processing fees by state agencies as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 9
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217(h) is amended to read:

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217.

Uniform state accounting system.

(h)

Unless specifically prohibited by statute, any legislative, judicial or executive branch agency as defined by W.S. 9
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1002(a)(i), including the University of Wyoming, the game and fish department and the Wyoming department of transportation, may contract with a credit card processor and allow any tax, assessment, license, permit, fee, fine, or other money owing to the state or collectible by the state on behalf of another unit of government to be paid by negotiable paper, or in payment of any bail deposit or other trust deposit. As used in this subsection, negotiable paper means money orders, paper arising from the use of a lender credit card as defined in W.S. 40
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140(a)(ix), checks and drafts, including, without limitation, sales drafts and checks and drafts signed by a holder of a lender credit card issued by a bank maintaining a revolving loan account as defined in W.S. 40
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308, for lender credit card holders. The acceptance of negotiable paper by the state or any of its agencies under this subsection shall be in accordance with and subject to the same terms and conditions provided by W.S. 18
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505. Any fees assessed for processing a credit card payment may be borne by the agency or person tendering payment.
Any fees borne by the person tendering payment pursuant to this subsection may be used by the state auditor or the agency responsible for the collection of such fees to pay the processing costs of rendering the credit card transaction.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2005.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk